Pursuing climate resilient coffee in Ethiopia - A critical review
Pursuing climate resilient coffee in Ethiopia - A critical review
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埃塞俄比亚追求气候适应型咖啡——批判性评论
DOI：
10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.02.032
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Hirons M
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作者：
Hirons M
本文提供了埃塞俄比亚咖啡部门及其对气候适应能力的追求的多标量检查。人们越来越担心气候变化对埃塞俄比亚阿拉比卡咖啡及其所支持的2500万人生计的潜在影响。阿拉比卡咖啡的气候适应性相对较窄，最近的研究表明，在其原产埃塞俄比亚，适合该物种的生物气候空间面积可能在未来几十年内急剧减少。我们采用一种批判性的视角来看待咖啡生态/科学与气候变化的关系，以及社会、经济和话语力量在不同尺度上的运作，特别关注气候变化的不同影响和相关的恢复力策略。本分析首先回顾了埃塞俄比亚的气候弹性绿色经济战略，并认为考虑到咖啡行业对气候变化的脆弱性、经济重要性以及与森林的联系，目前对咖啡缺乏关注是不合适的。然后，本文考察了当代咖啡行业，为反映对气候变化威胁的三种潜在反应提供了背景；来自农民的空间响应，适应性农场管理响应，如改变阴影水平和开发国家遗传资源以培育改良品种。该分析探讨了来自国家和国际机构的干预措施与当地情况之间的脱节。多尺度方法强调了与实施气候适应能力战略相关的复杂规范权衡的存在，并强调了了解影响国家决策的动态的重要性。
This paper provides a multi-scalar examination of the Ethiopian coffee sector and its pursuit of climate resilience. Concern is growing about the potential impact of climate change on Arabica coffee in Ethiopia and the 25 million livelihoods it supports. Arabica coffee has a relatively narrow envelope of climatic suitability and recent studies suggest that the area of bioclimatically suitable space for the species in its native Ethiopia could decline dramatically in the coming decades. We adopt a critical perspective on resilience that reflects on the situated nature of the ecology/science of coffee and climate change and the operation of social, economic, and discursive power across scales, paying particular attention to the differentiated impacts of climate change and associated resilience strategies. This analysis begins by reviewing Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy strategy and argues that the current lack of attention to coffee is inappropriate considering the coffee sector’s vulnerability to climate change, economic importance and association with forests. The paper then examines the contemporary coffee sector which provides the context for reflecting on three potential responses to the threat climate change poses; a spatial response from farmers, adaptive farm management responses such as changing shade levels and the development of the country’s genetic resources to cultivate improved varieties. The analysis explores the disconnect between the interventions emerging from national and international institutions and the local context. The multi-scale approach highlights the presence of complex normative trade-offs associated with pursing climate resilience strategies and reinforces the importance of appreciating the dynamics which influence decision-making in the country.